As a cloud-based, paperless law office, we’re uniquely positioned for less disruption than most businesses. While our office currently remains open with summer hours (M-Th 8-5:30 and F 8-12), we are implementing the following changes in our day-to-day-operations:

We continue to offer appointments and meetings electronically via phone, video chat, or email as well as in person if you prefer.

In keeping with State Executive Order 63, we will require all persons to sanitize their hands, and wear a mask, prior to entering the elevator. For your convenience, we have supplies in our lobby.

Our clients continue to have 24/7 access to their records via our client portal. Let us know how we can help you during this stressful time. Please call 757-453-7744 today and let the experienced lawyers of Parks Zeigler, PLLC assist you with your legal matters.

Changing Your Passwords Too Often May Put You At Greater Risk

When trying to understand how to best create strong passwords and consistently manage them, we are exposed to a variety of strategies that are promised to be the most effective way to protect our sensitive information.

There are two rules that are currently advised:

Use long passphrases instead of trying to come up with a random password (e.g. “I_l0ve_horses_the_m0st!”

Use a password manager to generate unique passwords for each site and make the passphrase for that password manager strong (we recommend at least 12 characters)

However, an additional tip often suggested is that you should update your passwords frequently (e.g. every month), however, this is not advisable. Doing this may actually contribute to weaker password security because the more one is required to change their password, the lazier he or she becomes when creating them.

When Should You Change Your Passwords?

If that account was hacked or the service associated with that account was breached

There was unauthorized access into one of your devices or accounts

A person you once shared in an account with is no longer using the account

You logged into the account on a public computer

It’s been a year or more since you changed the password

Cybersecurity measures are constantly evolving because cyber thieves are constantly adjusting their techniques to find new ways to steal information. Our team is focused on educating businesses on what data they possess and their regulatory and legal responsibilities as to that data to enable a focus on putting policies and procedures in place to ensure they are protecting that data and complying with all applicable laws.